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Jessica Schwitek editor@thegoldenstar.net The $1.2 million dyke repair project has been removed from the Town of Golden budget after it was moved at the Open Standing Finance Committee Meeting on Feb. 4. The vote was split, drawing a lengthy discussion from the committee members. The project, scheduled for 2016/2017, was to upgrade roughly 300 metres of dyke along
the Kicking Horse River. It was in the budget as an unfunded project. Coun. Keith Hern, who originally proposed the project be removed, argued that since council is also advocating that the Province take over as the dyking authority for communities with a population of under 5,000, it sends a mixed message. “If we’re making the argument that dyking is not our responsibility, it sends a stronger message to not have that project in there,”
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he said. Also included in the five-year financial plan is a reserve fund dedicated to dyke upgrades, which will see $25,000 added to it every year. But those funds would not cover the $1.2 million project. In fact, it was argued that those funds would not cover much of anything, considering that the 90 metres of dyke near Golden Transfer scheduled for upgrades will cost over $300,000. Continued on page 5